Tag.



n. 644,373. Patented Feb. 27, |900.

s. J. SIL-BERMAN.

\ TAG.

(Application led Oct. 25; 1899.)

(No Model.)

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i STATES PATENT- Fries.

SAMUEL J. SILBERMAN, OF NFV YORK, N. Y.

TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,373, dated February27, 1900.

Application filed October 25, 1899. Serial No. 734,758. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. SILBERMAN, of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Clothing- Tag, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a tag for identifyingclothing before it passes from the manufacturer and also to so arrangethis tag that it may be applied to the article of clothing to fullyexpose the tag,and yet permit of its easy disconnection from theclothing.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure lis a perspective view of a tag, showing the fastener applied.Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a viewillustrating the manner of attaching the tag to one of the sections ofcloth. Fig. 4t is a view illustrating the manner of applying the othersection of cloth and of sewing the two. Fig. 5 is a View showing thecloth after it has been sewed and illustrating the detachment of the tagtherefrom, and Fig. 6 is a section showing the tag attached to the clothwhen sewed.

The tag a may be of any desired character, except that it should beconstructed of paper or other substance easily torn. The fastener forthe tag is of the peculiar form illustrated in Fig. 2 and comprises atriangular head b, from each corner of which projects a prong c. Ifdesired, less than three prongs may be used. These prongs are passedthrough the tag d, as shown in Fig l, so that the head b lies snuglyagainst the tag. The advantage of this triangular fastening device isthat one of the three prongs c may be engaged with the clothsections c,Fig. 3, at a point directly adjacent to the edge thereof, thus leavingsufficient space usually occupied for width of seam without interferingwith the metal fastener in sewing, the other two prongs @serving asguides or gage-prongs which are abutted against the edge of the cloth todetermine the relative position of the iirst-inentionod prong or thatwhich pierces the goods. When the prongs have been arranged as shown inFig. 3, the several prongs are bent inward, causing them to lie overeach other, as shown in Fig. 4, and to bear down on the cloth tosecurely hold the tag thereto. It will be observed that this arrangementsecurely attaches the tag to the cloth at the very edge of the cloth andavoids puncturing and otherwise injuring the body thereof.

Now in attaching this tag to the article of clothing the section e ot'the cloth which carries the tag is made to compose one part of the clothof the garment. Another part f of the cloth of the garment is laidagainst the part e and the two are sewed together in the usual manner bya line of stitching g. The parts e and fare so laid that the tag ot isplaced between them, and the line of stitching g is therefore passeddirectly through the tag at a point adjacent to the fastening devicethereof. This serves to score or puncture the card. The pieces of clothe and f being now sewed together are laid open, as shown in Figs. 5 and6, and the seam is pressed in the manner well understood. This has theresult of completely exposing the body of the tag a and yet of hold` ingthe same securely by means of the fastening device which is in theinside of the seam and at the front edge of the cloth-sections e and f.Now when it is desired to sever the tag from the article of clothing thebody or exposed portion of the tag is simply grasped and torn downward,as indicated in Fig. 5, it being understood that the line of stitchingg, having scored or punctured the card, renders this operation veryeasy. The result is that the tagis torn from the clothing, so as to beno longer visible, and the cloth is in no way injured by the fasteningdevice. It should be understood that the inner extremity of the tag,which extremity bears the fastening device, remains with the fasteningdevice inside the seam of the garment, Where, of course, it is invisibleand can work n'o harm.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. Asa new article of manufacture, a sewed article,comprising two cloth-sections united by a seam, and a tag situatebetweenthe cloth-sections and held in place by the seam,

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fastening devicejoining the inner end of the the seam so that theexposed portion of the tag with the edge of one of the cloth-sections 1otag may be readily torn fromthe part inside inside of the seam.the-seam. 1

2. As t new article of manufacture, st sewed SAMUEL J SILLILRMANa1tio1e,con1prising two sections of cloth united Witnesses: byu seam, ttag situate between said sections JNO. M. RITTER, of cloth and held inplace by the seam, and :L l J. B. OWENS.

thus securing -the tag and perforating it at

